The last 4 weeks have been a rough patch for my sister and I...  Our 17 yr old Yorkie Henry passed on March 7th (she drove back early from SC as I knew Henry was going down fast), and our 15 yr old Yorkie Ginger passed on April 4th after a heart attack at 3:30 am (she died as we were rushing her to the emergency vet).    Both had been declining for a long time and were on heart medications for enlarged hearts.   First time in almost 15 years without a Yorkie at home. Pic below of them from 2020 when they were healthy and in need of a grooming.    We still have Beardsley (chi-terrier mix) and Raine (Australian Terrier mix).

The exciting and anticipating is after about a month of looking at a variety of properties in the area, I put an offer on a house on Saturday and it was accepted Sunday..working through the process now, looking to close later in the month.   Nice 5 bedroom, 3000 sq ft ranch (one story w/ finished attic, 20 ft ceilings in some rooms), on almost 2 wooded acres in a suburb north and east of Cleveland closer to Lake Erie...only 20 miles from my current house.   Huge driveway w/ loads of parking space, large oversized garage w/ room to expand, deep and wide lot w/ a good setback and distance from the neighbors.    Looked at a number of places w/ more land and bigger garages that were duds as far as the houses...

Not looking forward to the task of moving, but after 6 years in my current house, looking forward to having one story again and not dealing w/ stairs as I get older....

@Robert Hall Sorry for your loss, never easy losing a loved one. Glad you have the other dogs to help you and your sister move on.

Very excited for you on the new house, I can totally understand as with my knee issue and my back/hip/foot issue that after 15 times on the mountain skiing, I had to stop due to all happening at once, stairs are a bitch. Wish ramblers were far more common here.

Look forward to pictures, if you have the real estate link, please post so we can check out the new digs.

How does the new garage compare to your current one? I know the current one was tight on space.

Wishing you all the best Robert.

14 minutes ago, David said:

@Robert Hall Sorry for your loss, never easy losing a loved one. Glad you have the other dogs to help you and your sister move on.

Very excited for you on the new house, I can totally understand as with my knee issue and my back/hip/foot issue that after 15 times on the mountain skiing, I had to stop due to all happening at once, stairs are a bitch. Wish ramblers were far more common here.

Look forward to pictures, if you have the real estate link, please post so we can check out the new digs.

How does the new garage compare to your current one? I know the current one was tight on space.

Wishing you all the best Robert.

The garage is great..2 1/2 car garage, over 20 ft deep and room to build another garage and or carport beside/behind it.   

I looked at another place last week at about the same price that had 4 garage spaces and a pole barn big enough for 6 cars and an RV, a pond and on 3 acres, but a much smaller house that was in rough shape...

This is the house I'm buying..

https://www.trulia.com/p/oh/highland-heights/5875-highland-rd-highland-heights-oh-44143--2045882742

2 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

The garage is great..2 1/2 car garage, over 20 ft deep and room to build another garage and or carport beside/behind it.   

I looked at another place last week at about the same price that had 4 garage spaces and a pole barn big enough for 6 cars and an RV, a pond and on 3 acres, but a much smaller house that was in rough shape...

This is the house I'm buying..

https://www.trulia.com/p/oh/highland-heights/5875-highland-rd-highland-heights-oh-44143--2045882742

That is awesome, wow, great price for the land and house. Excited for you Robert, will be great for you and your sister. 

I think you might need a small tractor to plow your own driveway.  

30 minutes ago, David said:

That is awesome, wow, great price for the land and house. Excited for you Robert, will be great for you and your sister. 

I think you might need a small tractor to plow your own driveway.  

My electric snowblower w/ the 100 ft cord isn't going to cut it... maybe need a larger gas powered snow blower.  And since it is on the north east side of Cleveland, it's in a Lake Erie snow belt and gets about 20 inches more per year than I get on the southwest side where I am now...